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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Gary86:
Thanks, team viewer is a free app that works on mac/PC...allows you to control my computer. .EXE files won't work on a Mac so I'm kind of stuff right?

I would trust you to remote in on my computer and help me if you're willing. Like I said, team viewer is free.

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
drivers are not needed on a mac or a linux machine.

so ignore the .exe

if you dont do this yourself, you will always be reliant on someone to fix it for you if it messes up in the future. not taking the time to learn it is fkn lazy. if you dont want to learn it, stay stock unrooted, end of story.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Gary86:
Ok well thanks for the .exe part...

I learn better by watching someone else do a task...if I watched someone do it then I would be good. Same thing when I first got my iPhone, someone remoted in and walked me through the process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Oh wow so macs dont do not require drivers? Thats cool . Never personally even used anything but a windows machine.. and even if someone rooted for you thats not it youd need to know about using cwm recovery and about flashing roms and odin. And tars and nandroids and titanium backups so someone rooting for you is just going to give u the ability to break your phone even easier then attempting to root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Gary86:
Jeez, bunch of stuff. Is there a thread that explains all this individually?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
A user named qbking has made a bunch of how to videos its not for our phone its for an epic so

There will be dofferences but you can watch them and learn alot about rooting and cwm recovery and flashing roms http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009997 theres a link watch his videos youll learn alot. But as i said not our phone so youll still need to read about rooting in our forums. Like i said browse around the general , and q&a and development sections for the skyrocket. And just read everything u see about rooting and flashing roms, and the risks involved if u make a mistake.. lol basically read read read read. There isno easy answer you have to put in the time and research to learn these things
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] project.self:
Like arcade/light gun shooters. But it'd be more of "point and click", I guess. I'm not really a big fan of shooters like N.O.V.A. and the like cause they're awkward to play.

I was just thinking about this and cursory searches in the Marketplace and on the internet didn't really net me anything relevant.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
Contract Killer?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] project.self:
hmmm yeah this is similar to what i want. Pretty good game, thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] one80oneday:
I'd really love so see some good rail shooters on Android like House of the Dead: Overkill. I think they'd do great on mobile phones since it's so hard to play most games without keyboard controls.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
http://youtu.be/lRDkn49dGqM

Anyone got any ideas? It's a brand new SGS2, just got it like an hour ago. I am using my girlfriend's exact same SGS2 to film this, and I plugged it in to the same USB port with the same cord and it worked fine.

Also don't mind my mother and brother yelling at their dog, or Iron Man playing in the background :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
If you got this from AT&T bring it back. It's defective. If you didn't get it from AT&T, you can always call 611 and have them ship out a warranty exchange. Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
I did get it through an ATT store....ugh, what a hassle. It's actually my mother's phone, she used her upgrade on her account, then gave the phone to me. Wonder if she'll need to be there, I live 2 hrs away and we were going to leave to head home tonight......

Defective huh? Is this a common problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Yes, unfortunately the account owner must be there. You may get lucky, but I highly doubt it. I haveb't heard of this problem before, so I can't really say if it's a common issuse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
just tried plugging it into the wall.....same thing. Guess we'll just have to stay the night again and have her come with us in the morning...and deal with traffic tomorrow!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Just curious, did you say you were using a different charger than the stock one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Hey, I just thought of something. See if your mom can call a corporate store in your area and have her give verbal authorization for you to exchange the device. You will need your driver's license. It's worth a shot. Keep me updated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
No I was using the cable from the box, I also tried various other ones, same thing though.

Yeah we're just going to stay here tonight and run up there tomorrow, but I am going to call them before we go because my parents live 45 mins from the ATT store, and she is tired of dealing with it, lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
A minor annoyance, but at least you'll be able to replace it. Don't let this rare occurance discourage you. This is a great phone; the best I've owned yet, and I've had just about every phone on the market. Let me know how things worked out for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
I agree on needing to go back. True stock having issues like that is very likely hardware.

Call the store before you go and explain the situation. Warned in advance they will probably be ok with just calling her up to get confirmation and ask the last 4 digits of her social security, if she's listed as primary account holder.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshuadjohnson22:
i think know what your issue is... i bet if you check your battery its not OEM and is a i9100 battery... Get a OEM battery and/or another one that has been confirmed to working with the i777 and this may fix this issue.

Same thing happens to me when i have my knock off ebay batteries in
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AntwanL:
Pop in the battery from your girlfriends phone and see if it still does it.

Looks an awful lot like the bootloop issue with i9100. I think the previous post is correct.

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
I swapped my battery into my GF's SGS2 and it did the same thing...looks like the battery IS the problem. Mine doesn't say "Near Field Communications" and it has a different serial # than hers. It does look OEM though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
That's pretty messed up. First I've heard of getting an international battery from an At&t store.

Kudos to joshuadjohnson22 and AntwanL for spotting that.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
If it doesn't say NFC, it's an international battery and this is exactly what will happen.

How the hell you got an International battery from an AT&T store, I don't know - that's surprising... Was it an actual AT&T corporate-owned store or "mall kiosk" type third-party store?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshuadjohnson22:
i know some people that will go to AT&T and ask to try something on a new phone, in fact when i was getting boot loop he told me to go to AT&T and toss that battery in... maybe someone did this and decided to swap the batteries? Its the only thing i can think of
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
I'd call them now to have them put one to the side for you. I'd hate to make that drive and then have them be out of the phone!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k4zyn:
We just got back from the ATT store, they replaced the phone for me. He told me it was in fact an international battery. He remembered me from last night so they didn't even have to call her to verify the account, heh.

Anyway, problem solved :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Glad to hear you were able to get it replaced.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] izmahoby:
Is it possible to remove this NFC battery requirement so that I can use a standard non-NFC battery?

These NFC batteries are hard to find, basically impossible to find outside of the US. I have the same issue with using the otherwise identical i9100 battery. Using the battery is fine, but once the phone is plugged into the USB it goes into the boot loop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
I got an OEM NFC 1650mAh battery from Amazon for $25
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] izmahoby:
I would spend more on shipping than on the battery to have one shipped outside of the US, otherwise I'd do the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Not sure where you live, but Amazon UK might have one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] izmahoby:
China - where after market batteries are otherwise cheap and work great. I just hate having my battery options limited by a ship far useless add on (NFC).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Yeah, that's far. I have a spare OEM SGSII battery, but shipping would be through the roof. Sorry I wasn't able to help you out. Hope you find something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
There should be aftermarket batteries without NFC but with the correct ID resistor value.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] izmahoby:
You are correct, the are many, but after connecting the phone to a USB when using these batteries it goes into the boot loop. I even tried the original battery from my friend's I9100, which except for the battery and the center button is identical.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
This is true. I tried using an aftermatket battery and got stuck in a boot loop anytime I tried to charge it. The Galaxy S II has sensors built in that prevents most non oem batteries from being used.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
No, it's not - there is a resistor between one of the battery contacts and ground. It has one value for the I9100, and a different one for I777. There are plenty of aftermarket I777 batteries with the correct ID resistor. Not as many as for the I9100, but there are plenty.

They're probably almost universally exported from your country since there is almost no domestic market for such batteries... I have no idea why any sane person would get an I777 if they were not an AT&T customer, as opposed to the non-carrier-mangled I9100. The only reasons to get an I777 over an I9100 (unless you REALLY want NFC for some non-GoogleWallet reason) are a contract subsidy and the ability to do warranty exchanges at AT&T stores.

No, it has no such sensor. All it has is an ID resistor check to prevent I9100 batteries from being used, OEM or otherwise. It has NOTHING to do with the fact that it was an aftermarket battery, it has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that it was an I9100 battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Entropy, the battery I was using came from Radio Shack. It was an aftermarket battery; not an i9100 battery. According to Samsung, there is a chip in the phone that communicates with the battery. I know this, because I talked to a senior tech at Samsung when my phone got stuck in a boot loop using an aftermarket battery. You did this on the "remove yellow triangle" thread, claiming flashing a kernel using mobile Odin would not work, when in fact, it worked perfectly. As for why people get the i777 as opposed to the i9100, it's probably because it's much easier to go to a store and buy it at a discounted price. Besides, with your ingenius creation of the Hellraising MOD, it doesn't really matter if we have the i777 or the i9100 because any ROM that is available for the i9100, is compatible with the i777.

Nobody questions your skills as a developer, but with all due respect, could you please chill out with this know it all routine?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] izmahoby:
The reason a sane person such as myself (I hope) bought an i777 instead of the international version i9100 is it is over $100 cheaper, worth the small headache of deleting some bloatware. Check on Ebay or Craigslist to see for yourself.

I don't know if there is a sensor or a resistor, but I tested an ORIGINAL i9100 battery and it went into the boot loop. The boot loop I am talking about flashes a battery icon, not the triangle or anything similar to when your ROM has a problem. From what I can see from testing it is only due to the in-battery NFC. In any case I wish I could turn this requirement off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
It was an aftermarket I9100 battery if it bootlooped, not an aftermarket I777 battery. As I said, it has NOTHING to do with aftermarket vs. genuine and EVERYTHING to do with I9100 vs. I777.

There is NO magical chip in the battery that communicates with the phone. The battery has four pins:

1) Ground

2) ID resistor - just a resistor between this pin and ground

3) + terminal of battery

4) ??? - seems NFC related - Batteries without NFC do fine if this pin is disconnected.

Your I9100 battery had the wrong resistor value between pin 2 and ground for an I777, it's as simple as that.

Plenty of people are getting aftermarket batteries from Amazon that work just fine with the phone - it took the aftermarket vendors 2-3 weeks to figure out that the ID resistor was different, and now they're building batteries with the correct value and have been for months.

I'll chill out when you stop posting blatant misinformation - plenty of people have found aftermarket I777 batteries that don't bootloop on the charger. They just need to make sure it isn't an I9100 battery that was mislabeled as I777-compatible because the vendor was clueless. (Radio Shack is in the "clueless" category.)

If you were right and I was wrong, then how is the Accessories forum full of people using aftermarket batteries that don't bootloop, like this one? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346879
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
Edited: I refuse to engage in ego-fueled debates with other members. Itsmuhhoby shared his experience with his battery, and I shared mine. It is not necessary to argue about it. It has nothing to do with the topic.

I'll be the bigger person and drop the debate and stick to the topic.

:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
You obviously didn't read what he just said.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Yup, if it bootlooped when the charger was plugged in, it was NOT an I777 battery, it was an I9100 battery. It may have been mislabeld as an I777 battery - but it was clearly not actually an I777 battery if the ID resistor check was failing. A few of the earliest aftermarket I777 batteries had the wrong ID resistor, but no recent one should have issues unless the vendor is REALLY clueless.

There are only three ICs in the phone that communicate with the battery in any way:

1) The MAX17042 fuel gauge. This has no role in bootlooping

2) There is a constant current source combined with an ADC that creates a basic ohmmeter, which measures the resistance between Pin 2 of the battery and Pin 1 (Ground) - THIS is what causes bootlooping if the value is wrong. I777 batteries (aftermarket or not) have one value, I9100 batteries (aftermarket or not) have another

3) The NFC chip itself in the I777 - However, it has no role in bootlooping, as evidenced by the multitude of non-NFC aftermarket I777 batteries

OF COURSE the Samsung tech is going to tell you that for some reason aftermarket batteries won't work - the manual says to only use genuine accessories, is he going to conflict with the manual? However, what he said is only partially true - the device checks for a "genuine" I777 battery using the Pin 2 resistor - This check is EXTREMELY easy to "fake out", which is why there are so many I777 aftermarket batteries. Any vendor who marketed a battery that failed the resistor checks as I777 compatible more than 2-3 weeks after the I777 got launched is either dishonest or clueless. In the case of Rat Shack, "clueless" would be the proper adjective. Rat Shack is notorious for being a mere shadow of its former self with, on average, mostly clueless employees.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
I never said it was an i777 battery. I stated it was an aftermarket battery. It was labeled compatible with the i777. It's time to drop the issue as it serves no purpose. Move on and get over it already.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliff03:
Few days back i have disconnected in mobile network setting use of pocket data.

Now I'm in new billing period and did go back to enable use of pocket data.

But nothing happened no H+ with arrows nothing.

I did pull battery out and turn back phone on and still nothing.

Did any one had the same problem if so what's the solution please?

thanks you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Check again with your Network Carrier.

Check that you still have an APN, its correct and it's selected for use.

Phone menu / settings / wireless & networks / mobile networks / access point names

Also ensure that you haven't just selected GSM only, try Network mode "auto", if not already.

Also make sure you are not roaming.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliff03:
thanks man the apn was off, reset it and its all good cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
Hi,

Id like to change the SMS text bubbles and if possible, the SMS text background.

the look Id like is what I did to my iPhone 4 in this image:

OR

change it to look like the SMS app icon colors:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Since you're new to the Android thing go with this here it has themes you can download from the market and install from inside the application.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...u4vO_dQkRrRZnK0ag&sig2=Jz1t3yq-so9EzHUQ1ZUyig
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
thanks for the reply, I should have been more specific. I already have GO SMS Pro installed, its nice but could be better.

my Galaxy S II is rooted, I want to browse the directory on my phone where the SMS app is located and go there and actually replace the images there. that's how I do it on the iPhone, just make the bubbles the way I want them, rename the originals (.bak) respring and done.

thnx again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
/system/app/mms.apk

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
+thanks button

yep, exactly what I was looking for.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Just remember that is for the stock MMS app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
Ok, one final thing.

which one should I change for the incoming message. Im using photo shop to turn the grey SMS incoming bubble to pink. Im guessing its the 4th bubble but is it more than one that I need to change.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Yea thats one of the.... then the first one on the next row down. Don't forget these are .9 images.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
OK, I understand it now.

thnx again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Just curious which do you change to get a black background?

Ive been browsing the mms.apk but can not find it for some odd reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
msg_bg_dark.9 and or msg_bg_white.9
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
I wish it were that easy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
If that didn't work Im sorry I don't know what does. I didn't change my background because it works well for me.

what happened when you tried to change it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
:(

So how is it done?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Haven't figured it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Bump for curiosity if you found a solution for the background.

And thanks for the effort! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] juanchy4:
bump

could you put the clouds with colors so we can choose and change ourselves! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgeezy24:
Anyone ever figure this out? I'd love to have the stock app worth at least a black background! I feel like I've seen gtg post something before
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
all my efforts are failing but I'll keep at it.

for some reason, when I make the changes then change the extension from .zip back to .apk the app fails to install.

is there a solution for this? why does the installation fail when I change it back to .apk is there some other way I should put it back to .apk?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] buzzard808:
7zip

I would suggest trying 7zip as an alternate program for handling zip files. It can open/extract apk files without the of renaming it. Simply right click the file, &-zip-> open archive. Then you can drag and drop / replace image files. This prevent having to change the file extension to zip and back to apk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
great, this looks like it will work. I'll make some changes and see what happens.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] smknutson:
I would love a black background messaging app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
this really sucks. its so easy to change the sms bubbles and backgrounds but even when I use 7zip I still cannot install the apk. I get the "not installed" error.

what is it about .apk's that they dont like to be FKed with? all I want to do is make a simple change to some .png files, its not like I'm messing with other sh!t that doesn't like to be messed with.

as soon as someone provides a solution, we can get crackin' and make our SMS look the way we want it to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgeezy24:
Bump. Did you try signing the apk? Also dont try to install it, just replace it in the directory and see what happens
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
I'd you didn't get it already.....

You have to use cwm flash to install it or push it using adb and set permissions to 644, or manually put it in with a root file manager such as supermanager or root explorer and also set the permissions to 644.

Nite this gets installed in /system/app/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
I have no idea what signing is. Ive heard of it but don't know what it is--yet. what is signing and why is it necessary? I could Google it up but pls tell me.

and when you say don't install it, are you saying I should just replace the .apk?

thnx.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonGarrett:
OK, I have to Google up all the information to understand these terminologies, Android is different from iOS so I have to relearn how to do things :)

1. use CWM to install it. from my phone?

2. push it using adb and set permissions. would that be the same as using terminal on an iDevice?

3. manually put it in with root file manager and set permissions to 644, this sounds like the easiest thing to do so I'll give it another go and see what happens.

thanks for your replies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
3 is the easiest. Super manager is free it the one I use. Just enable root in settings. Then pt the file on your phone. Using super manager copy it then navigate to root then /system/app.... Delete mms.apk.....paste the copied mms.apk... Then select it and on the bottom scroll til you see 777 and select that then there is 3 rows of check boxes. Top row select first 2 from left to right then the second and third row select the first box on the left. That sets your permission to 644.